Koch Brothers, Worth $50 Billion, Sue Widow Over $16.00 of Nonprofit’s Stock (Secret Owners of Cato)

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10. i think it's naive to consider them that different than others of that wealth

bill gates does a lot better at pr, but that's about the only difference

bill gates has relentlessly pushed the middle class out of tech and brought back indentured servitude, and yes, he was born to rich parents with connections

he was the SINGLE witness at a senate tech labor hearing. the richest man in the world, as the only witness at a LABOR hearing?!?!?! that's about as close to dictatorship as it gets, if you are in tech. even ancient egypt was not more lopsided than that. 'Let's ask the Pharaoh for his thoughts on pyramid labor'

as far as monopolistic power goes, where was your gas refined at? what operating system are you using on your computer to answer this post. in all probability, it involves gates more than the kochs

i'm pretty familiar with both

and believe it or not, one of the largest political donations of the Kochs, was 20 million to the ACLU to defeat the 'Patriot Act'. And they may have done it for no other reason than to keep the gubmint out of their business, doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. But it's still something most would not have guessed they had done. Not a defender of the Kochs in general, but this 'black and white' view of 'good billionairs' and 'bad billionairs' is a mirage IMO